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C J Dennis - The Dark Horse
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Do you know this mysterious, serious Watt --
Who sits at the game with the cards in his sleeve;
   Watching and waiting
   While we`re calculating
The tricks and the honors?  It`s hard to believe
That any man use to a gamble political
COULD be so slow.  And we`re apt to get critical.

Why this annoying and cloying restraint?
Can`t he declare when he counts up his hand?
   Some say he`s mutable; others inscrutable,
   Counting a slam, either little or grand.
Still, he should recognise players are waiting there
While he is holding his cards, hesitating there.

Even disasterful, masterful Hughes
Pauses to think as he looks o`er his cards.
   "Can he be `cute?" he says.
   "Or just a mute?" he says.
(Oh, don`t this rhyming come hard on the bards?)
Still, if the "aces" are all held by Billy, then
Watt won`t declare.  But the question is" Will `e then?

E`en analytical, critical Bruce
Dares to declare he has more than his "doots" --
   Though he`s a Treasurer
   And a shrewd measurer
Of all the chances of various "soots" ...
So the game stands.  And there`s no declaration, sirs.
All`s in the Game.  But the STAKE is the nation, sirs!
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